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  Graduating from collge next week

  by NYCkid in

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  2. friends

  i just wanted share that i am graduating from columbia university next week with an undergraduate degree in sociology at the age of 39. see, it's never too late, for anyone out there considering attending college.. my partner and around 10 of my closest friends will be there to cheer me on, which is overshadowing any disappointment that my family will not be there, or as of today, yet to acknowledge this accomplishment that means so much to me (i sent grad announcements a few weeks ago along with an invite).

  in all honestly, they live across the country so it is an expensive trip.. anyway, despite the student loans, hard work and sacrifices, it has been well worth it.

  i remember back in h.s in the late 1980s, i begged my parents to let me attend college, but of course, the end was coming and it was a waste of time.

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  Finding Faith

  by Ima Apostate in

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  2. experiences

  how many of you ex-jw kids were able to believe in mainstream christianity after leaving the borg?

  within the last year, i have opened up to getting to know god again.

  what's funny is that when i prayed for truth and to know god, i knew and had a real feeling in my heart that i was getting closer to something real, but there was still a voice going, "hey, it's me jehovah, and you have rejected me!".

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  E-mail to JW Ex-Wife: What You Can Learn Researching the WTS in 3 Hours!

  by Seeker4 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i posted a thread earlier this week about a conversation i had with my jw ex-wife.

  the next day i sent her this e-mail.

  one should never be afraid of ideas.

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  Any other gays?

  by dwtnphotog in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  hi, just wanted to see if i have any "brothers" in the great state of california or anywhere for that matter.

  it would be nice to have some support and help for each other!

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  **Quitting Smoking 102** May 19, 2008

  by BFD in

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  i've decided to set my quit date.

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  i might get bitchy.. bfd.

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  JW TERMS I CAN'T STAND

  by str8?so is spaghetti..until you heat it up in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there are a few terms i cannot stand that jw's use and now i have to consciously convince myself not to use:.

  1. the truth - um nothing could be further from being accurate.

  2. worldly - as if they are 'other worldly' or 'supreme beings'.

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  What's Your MAIN Reason For Not Believing In "The Truth"?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  my mother had this discussion yesterday.

  basically, my main argument was that if the fds gets jehovah's holy spirit and their "food" is "the truth", yet they always are correcting themselves, how can anyone in all fairness believe it's "the truth"??

  you can't show scripturally why organ transplants are a form of cannibalism and clearly a disfellowshipping offense and a couple of years later after possible disfellowshippings or death, and then believe jehovah god changed his view suddenly.

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  Any gay former JWs out there?

  by BenV in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey, don't want to frizz any reconditioned christian straight people here -- so if gay stuff bothers you, please go to the next post.

  thanks.. i've started a group for gay disfellowshipped, da-d, or missing-in-action jws.

  thought we could share a few stark-raving post-jw survival stories.

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  What Its Like To Be A Gay Ex JW....

  by str8?so is spaghetti..until you heat it up in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i guess its time to throw my little story out there.

  i keep reading everyones stories and thinking how brave you have all been, coming out of the organisation and facing all the repercussions of doing so.. .

  i only last august disassociated myself.

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  What do you know you know?

  by zensim in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been inspired to ask this question by narkissos' thread: "is 'consciousness' overrated?

  " (et al).. whilst my question is primarily directed to you nark, i want to open this up to everyone else also.. nark - from your opening ramblings (and i mean that in the most endearing way) on "is 'consciousness' overrated?

  ", and from other recent posts, i get the feeling that you are asking these questions because you know something and you are trying to grasp onto what you know.

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